Ice-bumper for water-coolers



I (No Model.)

JQJ. SAVAGE.

IGE BUMPER FOR WATER GOOLEES.

No. 267,722. Patented NOV. 21, 1882.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J..SAVAGE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK.

ICE-BUMPER FOR WATER-COOLERS.v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,722, dated November :21, 1882.

Application filed June 3, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN JAMES SAVAGE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have made an invention of an Ice-Bumper to be used in Water-Coolers; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings, is a full, clear,

said ring having wire rods deviating radibottom of the cooler.

ally from its center to the circumference of one of the larger rings, (upper ring.)

vent the ice from coming into contact with the The spiral spring or springs give elasticity to the frame and prevent thejar that would otherwise occur if the ice were thrown upon a rigid or solid body.

The accompanying drawings form part of this specification, and illustrate what I con sider the best means of carrying out my inven tion.

Figure 1 represents a side view of awatercooler, partly broken away to show the ice bumper. Fig. 2 represents a top view of the bumper. Fig. 3 represents'a side view of the same. Fig. 4 represents across section of the same at the line m 00 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a side view of the bumper when only one spring is used. 7

In each of the views similar letters of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur.

A represents a water-cooler; B .the bumper;

These. wire rods form the support for the ice and premade of galvanized wire, and connected together by means of spiral springs G, which I G O, a pair of parallel hoops, by preference allow of a compressible movement of the bumper 13. A small central ring, D, is made for the purpose of securing the radial rods E (which form the top of the frame) to thering 0.

F is a plate of metal, about the size of the central ring, D,'and is secured to said ring by means of solder. This plate acts as a resisting-plate for the central spring, G, at the top part of the frame, and at the lower part of the frame the spring G is supported by two cross bars or rods, H H, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. These rods also act as braces to strengthen the lower part of the frame.

If desired, only one large spring may be used between the wire hoops, as shown in the drawings at Fig. 5.

The bumper I have shown in the drawings is made circular; but it may be made of any shape to suit the fancy of the user or manufacturer, or the purpose to which the device is to be applied.

I am aware that prior to my invention false bottoms for water-coolers have been made with a plate in connection with a spiral spring. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the wire rings 0 O, the radial bars E, the springs G G, and the crossbars 11 H, the whole being arranged to constitute an ice-bumper for a water-cooler.

Witness my hand this 29th day of May, A. D. 1882.

JOHN JAMES SAVAGE.

Witnesses W. L. BENNEM, G. GALSTER. 

